Self-Review Worksheet: Strengths, Blind Spots & Next Actions

Printable One-Page Worksheet

The worksheet uses a simple A–D practice scale:

A — Consistent Practice: strength practiced nearly every day.
B — Improving Practice: strength present or improving.
C — Mixed Pattern: weakness shows up more than I would like.
D — Needs Support: use skills, ask for support, choose a next action.

This is not a test and there is no failing grade. The purpose is to notice patterns, celebrate progress, and choose one realistic action for the next month.

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How to Use the Worksheet

Review your past 30–90 days, not your whole life.

Circle one practice level for each row. The goal is not shame or self-criticism; the goal is honest self-review.

After circling the rows, answer three short questions:

My Focus for This Month: What one pattern, if improved, would help most — and who could support me?

Next Action: What small action will I practice, when will I do it, and who will I tell?

Celebrate: What strength or improvement from the past 30–90 days deserves recognition?

Why Self-Review Helps

People who improve over time usually practice some form of self-appraisal. A person in early recovery may focus on avoiding drugs and alcohol, attending meetings, calling a sponsor, taking medication as prescribed, learning from yesterday, and getting plenty of sleep.

An athlete training for the Olympics follows a similar pattern: avoid drugs and alcohol, attend practice, work with coaches, follow medical guidance, learn from yesterday, and get plenty of sleep.

Different paths use different language, but many point toward the same daily practice: notice the pattern, ask for help, take the next right action, and keep going.

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A Recovery-Friendly and DBT-Friendly Tool

This worksheet is designed to support practical behavior change. It does not label a person as good or bad. Instead, it helps identify whether a strength is already consistent, improving, mixed, or in need of more support.

For people in recovery, this can fit naturally with 12-step inventory, Step Six and Step Seven reflection, sponsor conversations, therapy, peer support, or personal journaling.

For people using DBT or CBT skills, it can support mindfulness, behavior-chain awareness, opposite action, values-based action, repair, and asking for help before a pattern becomes more harmful.

Who Can Use This Worksheet?

This worksheet may be useful for people in sober living or recovery housing, people in outpatient treatment or aftercare, AA, NA, Recovery Dharma, SMART Recovery, and other peer-support participants, sponsors, mentors, peer-support specialists, therapists, counselors, case managers, coaches, and anyone practicing personal growth or behavior change.

It can be completed alone, but it may be more useful when reviewed with a trusted support person.

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Part of the Matrix of Recovery Series

This worksheet is being developed as part of Welvida’s Matrix of Recovery educational series.

The series explores how different recovery and growth paths often point toward similar daily actions: honest self-review, asking for help, practicing new skills, repairing harm, building support, and taking the next right action.

Additional Matrix of Recovery exercises are in development, including a movie-based recovery reflection exercise. This page will be updated as those tools become available.